It's not so much the speed as how quickly it reaccelerates when you get back on the throttle. It may be completely imaginary but it's something I felt going from one ESC to another. Same motor, same battery, same gear. Basically, what happened is I plugged my ESC backwards, had to replace it with another brand. Set the new one as close as I could with what I had on the old one. The new one wasn't faster in top speed, but the car definitely accelerated quicker out of the corner. And it wasn't because the ESC I smoked was old, I had only 2-3 races on it.

Again, you may have had different experiences, but that's what I meant by being punchier.

Martin Paradis